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Was an elderly woman forcibly euthanized in the Netherlands?
A physician in the Netherlands was recently reprimanded by an "Inspectorate" for the "Disciplinary Offices for Healthcare" (Tuchtcolleges voor de gezondheidszorg) over this case.
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"Applicants for asylum must prove that they have fifteen family members in the Netherlands."
tl;dr:
No.
Asylum applicants do not need any relatives in The Netherlands. Asylum is granted (or denied) on basis of having the need for asylum for one person.
Family relationships only come into ...
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Was an elderly woman forcibly euthanized in the Netherlands?
Oddthinking's answer is quite complete, but it does not quite address the allegation by the Daily Wire that
She was given coffee with a sedative in it, but she refused to drink it — and then ...
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Was an elderly woman forcibly euthanized in the Netherlands?
Something that isn't discussed in both answers here is that in her demented state, she did express herself.
From the decision, point 2.13, most recent 3 quotes, translated:
Dutch:
“2 april 2016 (…...
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Was a class of Dutch school children required to learn Muslim prayer?
Children from Openbare basisschool (obs) Vinkenbuurt were taken (in the sense of a field trip) to Gulzar-e-Madina Mosque in Zwolle.
See the article OBS Vinkenbuurt maakt kennis met andere culturen :...
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Is the "Dutch reach" standard practice in the Netherlands?
The so-called Dutch reach is not required during lessons or exams according to Centraal Bureau Rijvaardigheidsbewijzen (the organisation responsible).
And drivers won't be required to use the Dutch ...
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Has Trump exonerated Russia for the downing of flight MH-17?
That depends on your definition of "exonerated" (or the original Dutch term), but I wouldn't say so.
CNN quotes Trump as saying:
"They say it wasn't them," Trump said. "It may have been their ...
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Did hundreds of birds die in a park the Netherlands? What caused it?
Seems to be true about a large number of suddenly dead birds. There are some articles in Dutch media reporting this. However the cause has not been determined and there is no mention of 5G antennas ...
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Did "hundreds of birds" fall out of the sky in the Netherlands due to a 5G test?
No, while 337 starlings (<5% of the population) and 2 common wood pigeons were found dead in a Netherlands park, this was not due to a 5G test. The birds died 4 months after the only conducted 5G ...
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Is Netherlands no longer able to start war without permission from Germany?
The cited articles are quite a bit misleading in how they present and interpret the details, but it they are essentially true regarding the facts they are based on.
The German army has several joint ...
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Is the Cobra 80 fire cracker "three to four times as powerful" as a hand grenade?
This post on a Dutch IT forum may shed some light on this matter. This guy seems to access to some facts about the M67 hand grenade, as well as the Cobra 6 [not Cobra 80] firework:
De M67 hand ...
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Did European Muslim protestors carry signs "Shariah for the Netherlands", "Islam Will Dominate the World, Freedom Can Go to Hell"
The photo is real, it was group of about 20 people protesting the arrival of Dutch MP Geert Wilders in Britain in 2009 as described by this article
That being said, I feel compelled to point out that ...
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Did hundreds of birds die in a park the Netherlands? What caused it?
Is it true that hundreds of birds have died in this park?
Yes.
If it is true, has a cause been positively determined?
There appears to still be no certainty about the cause.
Both the Natural ...
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Does Netherlands accept child marriages registered in the country of origin?
The answer is no as of 2016 with reference to the policies of the Government of Netherlands.
What is the government’s policy on child brides and forced marriages?:
If a married asylum seeker ...
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Eagles vs. drones: Are Dutch police training drone-hunting eagles?
Are Dutch police training drone-hunting eagles?
Not exactly, as the article explains, there is a start-up called "Guard from Above" who is proposing this solution, but it is not the same thing as the ...
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Is the "Dutch reach" standard practice in the Netherlands?
I am from the Netherlands and I specifically learned it during my driving lessons from my driving instructor. I thought it was a standard thing. I still consistently do it. In my town if you don't do ...
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Is a proposal to build an artificial mountain being seriously considered?
Not currently
Its domain (www.diebergkomter.nl) is currently for sale, a strong indication the initiative has run out of steam. But that doesn't mean it was never considered.
Not officially
It has ...
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Does the Netherlands goverment fund 'Hookers for the Handicapped'?
To provide some citations from academic papers rather than news articles:
The Rights and Wrongs of Prostitution 09 January 2009
Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy
This division already ...
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Did "Max the Hacker" manipulate autocues and traffic lights?
As told by the company that produced the "documentary":
To prove that IT can be fun, we gave birth to a hacker
IT company Info Support was having a hard time recruiting new talents because of ...
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Did "hundreds of birds" fall out of the sky in the Netherlands due to a 5G test?
Snopes actually has more details refuting the sequence of events; because tests of 5G use yet unallocated spectrum, they need special regulatory approval.
One such test did occur in an area generally ...
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Is the Cobra 80 fire cracker "three to four times as powerful" as a hand grenade?
The Netherlands produced for decades a small grenade, the V40.
This was a defensively used fragmentation grenade, although the smaller radius and grenade size is usually associated with offensively-...
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"Applicants for asylum must prove that they have fifteen family members in the Netherlands."
It's not entirely clear what "Applicants for asylum must prove that they have fifteen family members in the Netherlands." means. Taken literally, it means that a person must prove this claim to apply, ...
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Did "hundreds of birds" fall out of the sky in the Netherlands due to a 5G test?
There is a short report on the swiss national broadcaster, SRF, about the incident, to be found here, in german: https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/mobilfunk-geruechte-die-wichtigsten-antworten-in-der-...
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